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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 17
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Captivity of Judah comes because of sin and forsaking the Lord—Hallow the sabbath day: such shall save the people; otherwise they shall be destroyed.
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The</span> sin of Judah <i>is</i> written with a pen of iron, <i>and</i> with the point of a diamond: <i>it is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 3: 3.">graven</a> upon the table of their heart, and upon the <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 27: 2.">horns</a> of your altars;
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Whilst their children remember their <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 37; Alma 31: 1.">altars</a> and their <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/2b" mark="b" type="R" title="HEB asherim; i.e. fertility idols; TG Idolatry.">groves</a> by the green trees upon the high hills.
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O my <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Jerusalem.">mountain</a> in the field, I will give thy substance <i>and</i> all thy treasures to the spoil, <i>and</i> thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders.
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And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">serve</a> thine enemies in the <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Jer. 15: 14.">land</a> which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, <i>which</i> shall burn for ever.
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&#182; Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Curse.">Cursed</a> <i>be</i> the man that <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Trust Not in the Arm of Flesh.">trusteth</a> in man, and maketh <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/17/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 1: 19.">flesh</a> his arm, and whose heart <sup>d</sup><a href="jer/17/5d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Individuals.">departeth</a> from the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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For he shall be like the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/6a" mark="a" type="Q" title="HEB juniper tree; Jer. 48: 6.">heath</a> in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, <i>in</i> a <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 29: 23.">salt</a> land and not inhabited.
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Blessed <i>is</i> the man that <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Trust in God.">trusteth</a> in the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and whose <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Hope.">hope</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> is.
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For he shall be as a <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 1: 3 (2-3); D&C 97: 9 (8-9).">tree</a> planted by the waters, and <i>that</i> spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/8b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB fear.">see</a> when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/17/8c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Drought.">drought</a>, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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&#182; The heart <i>is</i> deceitful above all <i>things,</i> and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Judgment.">search</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of.">heart</a>, <i>I</i> try the <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/17/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 17: 3.">reins</a>, even to give every man according to his <sup>d</sup><a href="jer/17/10d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Good Works; TG Justice.">ways</a>, <i>and</i> according to the fruit of his doings.
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As the partridge sitteth <i>on eggs,</i> and hatcheth <i>them</i> not; <i>so</i> he that getteth <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 9: 30; D&C 56: 16.">riches</a>, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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&#182; A glorious high throne from the beginning <i>is</i> the place of our sanctuary.
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O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the hope of Israel, all that <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 46: 21.">forsake</a> thee shall be ashamed, <i>and</i> they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, the fountain of living waters.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 9: 13.">Heal</a> me, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou <i>art</i> my <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 26: 8.">praise</a>.
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&#182; Behold, they say unto me, Where <i>is</i> the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>? let it <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sign Seekers.">come</a> now.
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As for me, I have not hastened from <i>being</i> a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was <i>right</i> before thee.
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Be not a terror unto me: thou <i>art</i> my <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 4: 10.">hope</a> in the day of evil.
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Let them be <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB ashamed, or disappointed.">confounded</a> that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/18b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 40: 2; Jer. 16: 18.">double</a> destruction.
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&#182; Thus said the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
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And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
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Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sabbath.">sabbath</a> day, nor bring <i>it</i> in by the gates of Jerusalem;
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Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
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But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Stiffneckedness.">stiff</a>, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
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And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
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Then shall there enter into the gates of this city <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 22: 4.">kings</a> and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
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And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/17/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 22: 26; Ezek. 44: 24.">sabbath</a> day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/17/27b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR citadels, or great buildings.">palaces</a> of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
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